Mine-car.



W. V. JOHNSON. MINE CAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4, 1919' Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

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W. V. JOHNSON.

MlNE CAR.

. APPLICATION HLED AUG.4,I9I6. I 1,199,794. Patented Oct. 3,1916.

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WARREN v. Jamison, or BLOOMSBURG, rnmsvnvma assmiron 'ro mnarcen CAR ANDromar compan or s'r. LOUIS, mssounr, a conroaa'rronor new Jnnsnx.

To all whom it may concern Be it lmown that I, WARREN V. JOHNSON,

residing at Bloomsburg, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, and being acitizen of the United States, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mine-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact descri tion, such as will enable others skilled in heart to whichit appertains to make and to use the same, reference being had to theaccompanyin drawin which illustrate the preferred orm of t e invention,though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to theexact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious thatvarious modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will-occurtopersons skilled in the art;

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevational View of my improvedmine car;

Fig. 2 is an end viewthereof; Fig. 3 is aview of the opposite end of thecar; Fig. 4 is a plan view; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, thesection being taken on line 55 .of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6. is a similarview,the section being taken on line6+6 of Fig. 3.

A. mine car should be light, strong and durable, possessing inherentqualities of elasticity to adapt it to resist service shocks,

and it should be so fashioned that it can be readily repaired in suchparts where repairs are most frequently ,required. I

For the bituminous regions it has been found advisable to employ wood incars, particularly in mine cars, and the present invention contemplatesthe employment of wood flooring 1 extending through and beyond the bodyportion A to form end bumpers of a composite type comprising theportions of the floor which extend beyond the body cooperating with woodbumper blocks 2 and end bum r bands 3 of metal which fit over the on sof the floor and bumper blocks. With these rate draw bars. 4 of strapformation whi extend preferably from endto end of the car, resting onand being bolted removably to the central floor board as best shown inFig. 40f the drawings, the end portions of such draw bars be: ingbent'upwardly, as best shown in Fig. v1,

to form a space intermediate the bumper Specification of Letters Patent.Application med August a, 1916. Serial No. 113,127.

'10 ban s 10 and body bands 8. It is obvious MINE-OAR.

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and said "draw bar for the used with thist pe of cars. Coiiperatin withthe wood oor are side sheets 5, en sheets 6 and end doors 7, all ofwhich are preferably formed of thin corrugated sheet metal to providesufiicient strength and elasticity for service. 7

Extending across below the floor 1 and paralleling the side sheets 5,are shown channel-shapedj-body bands 8 which are bolted totheifioorin'and riveted to the: side sheets, thus establis in a removable connectionbetween the be y bands 8 an he floor ng, and a permanent connectionbetween the side sheets and said body bands. Resting upon the floor 1,and within the side sheets 5, are pressed angle-shaped members 9 whichextend substantially the length of the interior of the body portion ofthe car '70. and said angle members 9 are riveted to the side sheets 5and body bands 8 by, through rivets 9 at convenient intervals throughoutthe length of the car body. The horizontal le of this angle memberg9, issecured by b0 ts to the floor 1 as andlfor the purposes hereinafterdescribed.

Paralleling the corrugations of the side sheet :5 in the preferredconstruction, I provide relatively. narrow corrugated bands 10 whichreinforce the metal of said sheet 5 in proximity to the bodybands 8 andrivets ass through the sheets 5, corrugated that the eorrugated sheets*may be flattened within the zones 'of thebody-bands 8, if desired, thoh this-calls for an additional operation an an expense which is not nec?essary.

The fixed endsheet 6. extends outwardly beyond the line of the sidesheets -5', as best shown in Fig. 2,'and laps the outstanding flan" es.8 of the endbody band 8 at that end of t e car bodyand said sheet 6 issecured thereto by riyets 6", as best shown in Flg.

2, said sheet extending downwardly to the floor to which'it isconnectedthrou h the bottom flange 6 thereof, which, like t elongitudinally extending angles 9, is preferably bolted to thewoodfloor. At the opposite. end of. the car bod is" provided a dumpin doorcomprising t e 7 of-COiTliga and bearing against said body hands, afixed witness whereof I have hereunto set end sheet riveted to a flange,of one body my hand in the presence oftwo witnesses.

, band, 3 gate atthe'oppos'iteend 0f W V the body 'comprlsing arollerbar seated at V opposite ends in another body .band', hinge -Witnesses:v

straps hung on said roller bar, and & c01 FRED D. Hwelms, rugated sheetsecured to said-straps. l R.'H.I4EABN.

